Now thats a squib load!

[True_Texan]

One of the gun smiths I go to has several bulged, cracked and swelled barrels hanging from his wall. He even had one where someone left a cleaning rod in the barrel and then had fired the gun. It made a heck of a mess. Not long after seeing those, Mythbusters did an episode on squib loads. It just made me laugh that they thought it was impossible to do. Most gun 'myths' they do on there just irritate the hell out of me. Mostly because of the inaccurate terms they use for gun parts and bullet components.

[alfsauve]

So besides a powderless loads, which I assume are accidental,  what loads do people try to make - on purpose.  [RHETORICAL QUESTION:   DON'T POST REAL LOADS]

The lightest I've ever loaded is the standard 3grs of Bullseye over 148gr wadcutter - .38spl.   People try to go lighter?  For anything lighter, I've gone to the Speer plastic bullets.  Nothing in-between.

[dj454]

So besides a powderless loads, which I assume are accidental,  what loads do people try to make - on purpose.  [RHETORICAL QUESTION:   DON'T POST REAL LOADS]

The lightest I've ever loaded is the standard 3grs of Bullseye over 148gr wadcutter - .38spl.   People try to go lighter?  For anything lighter, I've gone to the Speer plastic bullets.  Nothing in-between.

Yeah it makes you wonder, but the fact that those are jacketed rounds which your not supposed to download anyway I think it was a powder mismesure. Maybe loading with progresive equipment.

[1911 Junkie]

Cowboy shooters seem to like loading light. Their only objective is to "ring" the steel targets, not knock them down.  Less recoil in a light load means faster shooting for them. (or so I've heard).